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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8419

13 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/take-overs
Klaus-Heiner Lehne prepares compromise formula on "multiple voting rights", the main point of divergence in the take-overs directive

Brussels, 12/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - EP rapporteur on the "Take-overs directive", Klaus-Heiner Lehne, will be proposing a compromise for solving the main point of divergence between Member States: multiple voting rights, which the Germans want to end and the Scandinavians want to keep. In a draft report to be submitted to the EP internal market committee on 24 March, Mr Lehne is proposing that multiple voting rights associated with certain shares are neutralised once the take-over is made...

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